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President Nicolas Maduro and his wife and Deputy Cilia Flores during a public event celebration the Indigenous Resistance Day last October 12. Photo courtesy of Prensa Presidencial.

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President Maduro Sends Letter to King of Spain Demanding Respect for Victims of Colonial Occupation

October 16, 2021 orinocotribune AMLO, Carabobo, Colonialism, conquistadores, Day of Indigenous Resistance, decolonization, Europe, Fascism, Fray Bartolome de las Casas, genocide, Independence, King Felipe, pillage, Pope Francis, President Maduro, Racism, robbery, Spain, Spanish empire, Venezuela

On Thursday, October 14, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, sent a letter to the King of Spain, Felipe de

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Death of Indigenous Human Rights Activist Sparks Outrage in Chile

October 14, 2021 Editor2 carabineros, Day of Indigenous Resistance, Denisse Cortés, Indigenous People, indigenous rights, Mapuche Nation, police repression, police violence

Denisse Cortés was killed amid police repression against a peaceful march of Mapuche Indigenous people in Santiago, Chile. Eyewitnesses said

Extreme right former president of Spain, José María Aznar from the Popular Party (PP). File photo.

International News

President Maduro Insists that Spain Should Apologize for Colonial Era Massacres: ‘Aznar is Racist’ (+ AMLO)

October 4, 2021 Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza AMLO, apology, Colonialism, colonization, conquistadores, Day of Indigenous Resistance, genocide, Indigenous peoples, José María Aznar, massacres, Mexico, Partido Popular, PP, President Maduro, Racism, Spain, Venezuela, white supremacist arrogancy

Caracas, October 3, 2021 (OrinocoTribune.com)—The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, said this Sunday, October 3, that former prime minister of

International Opinion

‘Civilising Missions’ of the Past are ‘Humanitarian Interventions’ of the Present

September 7, 2021 Saheli Chowdhury “civilising mission”, 20 years of US war in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Africa, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Asia, Aztecs, Day of Indigenous Resistance, desire for possessing resources, George W. Bush, History, humanitarian intervention, Imperialism, Iraq, Kabul, Latin America, Mexico, Middle East, responsibility to protect, Syria, Taliban, Tenochtitlán, Tony Blair, US Imperialism

By Saheli Chowdhury – Sep 5, 2021 Over the past weeks we have witnessed crocodile tears for Afghanistan, as the